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UNC baseball starts season on top

By Marilyn Payne | February 14

Heading into its season-opening series against Seton Hall, the North Carolina baseball team has a lot to live up to.

Veteran players lead out?eld

By Marilyn Payne | February 13

The North Carolina baseball team will fill the outfield at Boshamer Stadium and every other park it enters this season confidently.

Fox has plenty of options in new class

By Brandon Moree | February 12

The most talented high school seniors in the world of baseball are faced with an often difficult decision — should they start playing professional baseball ...

UNC baseball looks to round out deep staff

By Michael Lananna | February 11

With a weekend rotation as skilled as North Carolina’s, getting the first 24 outs in a ball game should rarely be an issue.

Colin Moran leads strong infield for UNC

By David Adler | February 10

The North Carolina baseball team is ranked No. 1 in the Perfect Game and Baseball America preseason polls.

Pitching, depth make UNC baseball No. 1

By Brandon Moree | January 27

For the 2013 season, Baseball America tabbed the Tar Heels as the preseason No. 1, an honor that UNC has never had before.

Matt Roberts ready to take over as catcher

By Michael Lananna | October 16

For two seasons junior Matt Roberts has waited, quietly biding his time on the North Carolina bench.

Fall World Series showcases Tar Heels' solid bullpen

By Andrew Tie | October 14

A pitching duel in the fifth game of the Fall World Series on Saturday between North Carolina juniors Kent Emanuel and Hobbs Johnson showed off one of ...

Tar Heels make their pitch

By Michael Lananna | October 11

North Carolina freshman Taylore Cherry toed the rubber with a kind of nervous eagerness. So did senior Chris Munnelly.

Bolt impresses in Fall World Series

By Brandon Chase | October 10

Skye Bolt had a tough decision to make last summer coming out of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta — go pro or go to college.

Ex-Tar Heel Greenberg gets second shot

By Robbie Harms | October 4

It was, and most likely will remain, one of the most glorious strikeouts in MLB history. Former North Carolina standout Adam Greenberg — seven years ...

Former UNC pitcher Bryant Gaines to ?ll assistant coach role

By Brandon Moree | September 4

When North Carolina pitcher Bryant Gaines injured his right elbow in his sophomore year, he only saw it as something that would keep him off the field. ...

UNC baseball players sharpen skills in summer

By Michael Lananna | August 21

North Carolina pitcher Trevor Kelley had never thrown sidearm before. He had never even considered it.

June 28 Sports Briefs

June 27

Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly honored by ESPNW In recognition of the 40 year anniversary of Title IX, ESPNW compiled a list of the top 40 athletes of ...

MLB draft lays claim to future and present Tar Heels

By Brandon Moree | June 11

The North Carolina baseball team’s top recruit, a 6-foot-7-inch, left-handed pitcher from Ohio, won’t be a Tar Heel next year. Matt Smoral, from Solon ...

Five Tar Heels taken in MLB Draft

By Brandon Moree | June 6

The Major League Baseball Draft wrapped up Wednesday June 6 and in the three day event five members of the North Carolina baseball team were selected. Senior ...

The Red Storm bats were too hot for UNC pitchers

By Brandon Moree | June 4

The North Carolina baseball team was hosting a regional for the sixth time in seven years, but 2012 marks the first time in that stretch that a hosting ...

St. John’s claims Chapel Hill Regional by beating the Tar Heels twice

By Brooke Pryor | June 4

When North Carolina’s baseball team took the field for its opening game of the NCAA regionals, it was business as usual. The No. 1 seed in the Chapel ...

St. John's claims Chapel Hill Regional

By Brooke Pryor | June 4

In the ninth inning, North Carolina closer Michael Morin positioned himself under St. John’s Kyle Richardson’s infield pop fly. It was supposed ...

Tar Heels miss crucial chances in seventh inning

By Brandon Moree | June 4

At the hands of the St. John’s Red Storm baseball team, North Carolina’s season ended at Boshamer Stadium Sunday night 9-5. But the Tar Heels had ...